Grade VDC Steel vs. Grade 300 Maraging Steel
Both grade VDC steel and grade 300 maraging steel are iron alloys. They have 67% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 19 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (14, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade VDC steel and the bottom bar is grade 300 maraging steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 190 | |
| 190 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.29 | |
| 0.3 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 80 | |
| 75 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 1700 | |
| 1030 to 2030 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 250 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1450 | |
| 1480 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1410 | |
| 1430 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 470 | |
| 450 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 13 | |
| 12 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 1.9 | |
| 34 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 7.8 | |
| 8.2 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 1.4 | |
| 5.1 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 19 | |
| 68 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 47 | |
| 150 |
Common Calculations
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 13 | |
| 13 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 24 | |
| 23 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 60 | |
| 35 to 68 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 40 | |
| 28 to 43 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 50 | |
| 31 to 62 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 0 | |
| 0.050 to 0.15 |
| Boron (B), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.0030 |
| Calcium (Ca), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0.6 to 0.75 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 0 |
| Cobalt (Co), % | 0 | |
| 8.5 to 9.5 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 to 0.060 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 98.3 to 99.35 | |
| 65 to 68.4 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0.5 to 1.0 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 4.6 to 5.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 18 to 19 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0.15 to 0.3 | |
| 0 to 0.1 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 to 0.010 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 0 | |
| 0.5 to 0.8 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.020 |